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Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and U.S. Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today asked the Inspector General of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to investigate the history of the inadequate cleanup of the Ringwood Mines/Landfill Superfund site in Ringwood, New Jersey.
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement today in opposition to legislation in the House that would make all food labeling requirements uniform across the nation. Under the legislation, states like New Jersey would see their own tougher requirements weakened under the federal legislation. Today, the House debated the legislation, but an actual vote is not expected until next week.
Trenton, N.J. -- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today expressed his support for Douglass College by sending a representative, and Douglass Alum, from his office to deliver remarks at the "Rally for Douglass College" on the front steps of the State House in Trenton.
Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) joined with U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) today to introduce legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that will prevent foreign owned companies from operating American ports. The same legislation was introduced earlier this week in the U.S. Senate by U.S. Sens. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY).
The Bush administration should have never approved a deal to allow the United Arab Emirates to operate at least six major U.S. ports.
Long Branch, NJ --- With the U.S. Department of Interior scheduled to propose federal regulations governing renewable energy exploration--which could include windmills-- on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Cindy Zipf, Executive Director of Clean Ocean Action, today sent separate letters to the agency stressing the need to protect the marine and coastal environment.
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, joined several of his Democratic colleagues at a press conference on Capitol Hill this afternoon to highlight some of the problems seniors and pharmacists are facing with the new prescription drug plan back in New Jersey. The New Jersey congressman gave the following statement.
Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today expressed his support for continuing Douglass College as a four year all women's college within the boundaries of Rutgers - the State University of New Jersey. Pallone visited the Douglass campus today and spoke with a college class about current issues facing Congress, as well as the debate over the future of their school.
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today hosted a senior forum at the Edison Senior Center to provide seniors with information about the new prescription drug plan, and to hear firsthand from seniors what they think of the new plan. The New Jersey congressman gave the following opening statement before hearing from his constituents.